mom-in-alberta
08-22-2011, 02:53 PM
Is it so wrong that I am counting down the days until I am off for a month? LoL
Aug 31st is my last day, with Baby #4 due sometime around the 9th, I am taking the month of Sept as "mat leave".
Just wondering if any of you who have done this before (ie; had a baby while providing childcare to kids OTHER than your own) had any advice?
I have a few parents who are quite nervous about my return at the beginning of Oct. And although I have let them know that the only thing that will delay that is some kind of unforeseen medical complication (God forbid!!), I will admit that now the time is coming, I am worried. Financially, I didn't feel as though I COULD take more than a month off, but am I setting myself up for a ridiculously chaotic life?
I have already warned the parents that there will, in all likelihood, be days when I answer the door in my jammies. And I hope that they understand that we may be scaling back the activities, even playing outside, etc for a little bit.
Sigh.... am I just freaking out? :blink:
Aug 31st is my last day, with Baby #4 due sometime around the 9th, I am taking the month of Sept as "mat leave".
Just wondering if any of you who have done this before (ie; had a baby while providing childcare to kids OTHER than your own) had any advice?
I have a few parents who are quite nervous about my return at the beginning of Oct. And although I have let them know that the only thing that will delay that is some kind of unforeseen medical complication (God forbid!!), I will admit that now the time is coming, I am worried. Financially, I didn't feel as though I COULD take more than a month off, but am I setting myself up for a ridiculously chaotic life?
I have already warned the parents that there will, in all likelihood, be days when I answer the door in my jammies. And I hope that they understand that we may be scaling back the activities, even playing outside, etc for a little bit.
Sigh.... am I just freaking out? :blink: